The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-04-14
BOGUS BUTTER.
Fsur Canton Merchants Roasted for Haso-
ling IT,
The Extent of the Business in this City
What 1t Costs and What 1t is Com
posed Of--A Talk With
Dealer.


An affidavit was filed by Henry Tai
cott, State Dairy and Food Commission
or, In Probate Court this (Friday) morn.
ing, charging Andrew j. Hartman and
Alvs G. ZeiteT with keeping for sale "a
certain substance other than butter
made wholly from pure milk or cream,
salt and harmless cOlOEing, and which
substance appeared to he, and Tesem-
6led, and was an imitation and substi-
tute for butter, and commonly known
as Ol9omaTgarine, In their store and
place of business, without keeping @
card not less IN size than eight By ten
inches In conspicuous and visible
place, to the satisfaction of the State
Dairy and Commissioner, where the
same may be easily read and seen In
the said place of business, as aforesaid,
and printed on white ground In bold,
black Roman letters not less In re
than twelve line plea, the words: '0leO"
margarine Sold Here"
The defendants we're arrested and ars
raigned before Judge Fawcett at about
three o'clock, when they pleaded guilty
Th9 Prosecuting Attorney and Commits
siOner TslcOtt we're present and asked
the court to assess the lowest fine he
could under the statute.
The court then fined them fifty dollars
and costs each. They are agreed that
the least penalty Is a rather tough
roasting, and will discontinue the sale
of the uncertain compound. Com
missioner TalcOtt said to a DEMOCRAT
reporter that they were determined
to compel the dealers to observe the law.
He said that the defendants In the case
are no worse than hundreds of 9TH
eIs, but that they made 1t rule
to make an example of every
man they caught handling the stuff
contrary TO law. He says that Smith q
F0lmeT, OleOmArgRrine dealers of CleVe-
land, are largely responsible for the bO-
gus butter which comes to Canton.
In addition to the prosecutions for
violations o. the OleOmsTgaTine law,
mentioned In Fridays DEMOCRAT, Dairy
and Food Commissioner Henry TalcOtt
filed affidaVlts in the Probate Court
against George NJ. Amen, George A. Hake
and Jacob FlOry. They were brought
\ into court by tn Sheriff and all entered
| the plea Of guilty, when 3 fine Of $50
| and costs, amounting In each case TO
! 500 was imp, sed. An afternoon paper
stated that Mr. John FlOry, the IOur
aud feed dealer, had been arrested, bat
this 3 mistake.
The dealers all feel very sore snG
\ claim that they have been trapped by
the firm Of SmiGh 81 Fulmer, the manu-
facturers Of the stuff. They say that
the Cleveland firm induced them 10 take
| out license and handle 1t. They say
that they each paid $48 to the man ufac.
tuTers and that they obtained the
licenses for them; that they wsrs told
that 1t was nor necessary 10 display in
| th8iT p ACES Of business cards, with the
worls "0leomargeTine Sold Here"
| printed on them. and that they believed
they were cCuplyiDg with the law.
While this may be rue In some in-
I stances, 1t Is also true that some of the
parties have sold OleOmaTgarine and but
terlne for fresh creamery butter" and
thai the amount disposed of In this city
lu that way, In the last six weeks, is no
small quantity,
One OF the parties, who had Just set
tied with the Probate J0dge, said that
he had sNld about 600 pounds since he
Obtained his license, six weeks ago, and
that he knew of over 1000 ponds that
ha6 been shipped to this city by Smith
q Fulmer during that time. He said
that there were many other dealers hand
ling bogus butter, which they had OBJ
tBiued Of other manufacturers, aud that
their cellars we're full of 1t. ont that
they would probably discODtiDU3 the sale
Of It.
When asked why the other dealers
were not also prosecuted the informant
replied that II was because they we're
fortunate enough to purchase from
different factory. He said that the
Dairy and Food Commissioner had dis
covered who Smith & Flu mer were ship
ri t. in this city, and had easily
located their good. Said he, with q
twinkle in hts eye, "Dii you know that
if tbs law was rightly suforced in
Canton, the Probate Judge would have
enough business to keep him busy for
week" Ebe scribe didn't know that, so
yhe OleOmargaTist cOntlnuad. why, the
hotel keepers, restauranteTs, luDch
room prOpristO S, boarding house keep
eTs and everybody WhO keeps or man
agss an eating house or dining room, Is
just as guilty as the grOcsTs and butter
men. Rad the law aud see for YOUR
self"
The dealer gave The further infOrma-
tiou that the pTOdnct that they have
been handling, gs he thinks is com.
posed Of butter, lard, tallOw, milk,
glucose and suet. The Drics paid the
manufacturer is now 18 cents and 1t
retails here for "a cents as country
dairy" Good creamery Is worth SO cents,
The section of the law relating to
hotel keepers, restauranters and others
who sell meals, and who serve oleOmar-
garine, requires them to keep a card
posted In a conspicuous place In the
dining room, bearing the words: OleO-
margarine Used Here" The penalty for
violating the law is fine Of not less
than $50.